Egypt: UN experts denounce Morsi “brutal” prison conditions, warn thousands of other inmates at severe risk
UNITED NATIONS PRESS RELEASE GENEVA (8 November 2019) – The prison regime in Egypt may have directly led to the death of former President Mohamed Morsi, and may be placing the health and lives of thousands more prisoners at severe…
Mohamed Ali: al-Sisi will fall within 3 months
The Egyptian businessman and actor Mohamed Ali has said that he intends to broadcast a new video within three weeks which will cause a political earthquake that will shatter General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s world. He said that al-Sisi’s rule will…
Jihad al-Haddad is dying in prison
Egyptian political detainee Jihad al-Haddad has lost the ability to walk as a result of torture and medical neglect lasting six years. During al-Haddad’s appearance in court last week, the 38-year-old prisoner entered the State Security Prosecution hearing room carried…
A military court sentences 26 workers to dismissal and suspended imprisonment
After 3 years of custody, the military misdemeanors court sentenced 26 workers to suspended imprisonment for a year and dismissal from their jobs at the Alexandria Shipyard Company. On May 22, 2016; hundreds of workers of Alexandria Shipyard organised a…
The deteriorating health of imprisoned journalist Hassan al-Banna
On Monday the family of detained journalist Hassan al-Banna, who has been held in pre-trial detention in case number 441 since February 2018, announced the deterioration of his health. According to the family’s Facebook post, Hassan al-Banna suffers from a…
Detention of former justice minister renewed despite release order
Despite a decision that he be released four days ago, the State Security Prosecutor has imprisoned the Morsi-era Justice Minister Ahmed Suleiman for 15 days pending investigation. The son of the former justice minister said that his father is suffering…
Imposing state of emergency refutes claims of stability in Egypt, says rights group
On Sunday The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information criticised the Egyptian authorities’ imposition of a three-month state of emergency for the 10th time. The organisation said in a statement that the decision to renew the state of emergency circumvents…
Egypt authorities renew detention of Ola al-Qaradawi for 15 days
On Sunday, the state security prosecutor renewed the imprisonment of Ola al-Qaradawi, daughter of Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, former president of the World Federation of Muslim Scholars, for 15 days. Ahmed Madi, a member of Ola’s defence team, said: “The state…
OTF: Egypt has seen the worst human rights crackdown since 2013
Open Technology Fund (OTF), a programme sponsored by the US Congress, has said that Egypt has seen the worst human rights crackdown in the country’s history since 2013. “The current regime has imprisoned thousands of political activists, criminalised demonstrations, and…
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi continues endless state of emergency
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Saturday the renewal of the state of emergency for a new three month period starting from October 26, 2019, until January 26, 2020. Al-Sisi evoked the emergency law from the year 1958, on October 25,…
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